A typical Kishu Ken tops out around 23.2 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.22 mph. 0.5 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Kishu Ken would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 21 Kishu Kens, a typical Kishu Ken tops out at 23.2 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.7 mph. That makes the Kishu Ken the 67th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
8 Kishu Kens have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Non-Sporting breeds, the typical Kishu Ken is faster than 7 of 8. The Dalmatian is the quickest of the bunch at 25.1 mph, and the Standard Poodle (22.9 mph) runs closest to the Kishu Ken. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 1.8 mph gap to the Dalmatian is about 0.64 seconds.
Shoteimaru Go Akagawa Roushya holds the fastest consistent run by any Kishu Ken: 26.22 mph at the York County Kennel Club of Maine in New Hampshire on July 7, 2024. That's 100 yards in 7.80 seconds.
Connecticut has the most Kishu Ken runs, 52 of them, followed by California, New York, Montana. The fastest Kishu Ken run in Connecticut is 26.19 mph.
Any AKC-registered Kishu Ken over 12 months old can enter, and your dog runs alone down a straight 100 yards. Most dogs figure out the lure fast. Have someone your dog will run to waiting past the finish line, because a dog that stops to check on you can lose a second or two.
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